Rael
Supper's Ready
The final four line up on Sunday, January 23rd to determine who advances to the Super Bowl. In the first bracket, retiredweaxman (47) holds a two-point tiebreaking edge over puggymom (45) in the unlikely event this week's picks end up in a tie. I say unlikely because there are 13 categories to pick in EACH game, totaling 70 possible points to compete for (30 possible in game 1 and 40 possible in game 2). In the second bracket, clevalley (41) has a five point tiebreaker edge over me (36). So, there will not be any ties this week leading up to the SuperBowl.
The attachment is a little difficult to read (file is too large for the image limit, I think), but below are the pick categories. Note the differences between game 1 and game 2 - the point amounts are higher in the last four categories of game 2 (bolded). Point amounts are in parentheses.
edit: If you can't read them in the attachment, the line is as follows:
GAME 1
HOME
Bears 3 Packers
GAME 2
HOME
Steelers -3 Jets
GAME 1
1. First team to score (1)
2. First team to sack the other (1)
3. First team penalty (1)
4. First team to turnover the ball (1)
5. Half-time over/under for 21.5 game points (2)
6. Team with least penalties (2)
7. Team with least team turnovers (2)
8. Team with most defensive sacks (2)
9. Team with most time of possession (3)
10. Bears' total game yards over/under 284.5 yards (3)
11. Packers' total game yards over/under 329.5 yards (3)
12. Total game points over/under 43.5 points (4)
13. Winning team to beat the spread/line (5)
GAME 2
1. First team to score (1)
2. First team to sack the other (1)
3. First team penalty (1)
4. First team to turnover the ball (1)
5. Half-time over/under for 19.5 game points (2)
6. Team with least penalties (2)
7. Team with least team turnovers (2)
8. Team with most defensive sacks (2)
9. Team with most time of possession (3)
10. Steelers' total game yards over/under 360.5 yards (5)
11. Jets' total game yards over/under 325.5 yards (5)
12. Total game points over/under 38.5 points (5)
13. Winning team to beat the spread/line (10)
The total yardage numbers I used are averages I calculated from different sources, and the over/under points are from USA Today. I'll need you to make a pick for all 26 categories and pm them to me before kick-off of game 1 on Sunday. @ clevalley, if you'll hold off pm-ing it until I've made my picks also, then we can let each other know when we're done. Once I've made mine, I won't change it. I'll probably have mine ready on Friday (or if you pm them, I won't open it until mine are ready, either way is good). But if you have a question, please make sure you put "question" in the subject so I know I'm supposed to open it.
Also, if any of you have any questions, feel free to post it or pm me with it. I want to make sure you understand it, especially since this week it's completely different. Thanks again, youze guyze...and good luck.
The attachment is a little difficult to read (file is too large for the image limit, I think), but below are the pick categories. Note the differences between game 1 and game 2 - the point amounts are higher in the last four categories of game 2 (bolded). Point amounts are in parentheses.
edit: If you can't read them in the attachment, the line is as follows:
GAME 1
HOME
Bears 3 Packers
GAME 2
HOME
Steelers -3 Jets
GAME 1
1. First team to score (1)
2. First team to sack the other (1)
3. First team penalty (1)
4. First team to turnover the ball (1)
5. Half-time over/under for 21.5 game points (2)
6. Team with least penalties (2)
7. Team with least team turnovers (2)
8. Team with most defensive sacks (2)
9. Team with most time of possession (3)
10. Bears' total game yards over/under 284.5 yards (3)
11. Packers' total game yards over/under 329.5 yards (3)
12. Total game points over/under 43.5 points (4)
13. Winning team to beat the spread/line (5)
GAME 2
1. First team to score (1)
2. First team to sack the other (1)
3. First team penalty (1)
4. First team to turnover the ball (1)
5. Half-time over/under for 19.5 game points (2)
6. Team with least penalties (2)
7. Team with least team turnovers (2)
8. Team with most defensive sacks (2)
9. Team with most time of possession (3)
10. Steelers' total game yards over/under 360.5 yards (5)
11. Jets' total game yards over/under 325.5 yards (5)
12. Total game points over/under 38.5 points (5)
13. Winning team to beat the spread/line (10)
The total yardage numbers I used are averages I calculated from different sources, and the over/under points are from USA Today. I'll need you to make a pick for all 26 categories and pm them to me before kick-off of game 1 on Sunday. @ clevalley, if you'll hold off pm-ing it until I've made my picks also, then we can let each other know when we're done. Once I've made mine, I won't change it. I'll probably have mine ready on Friday (or if you pm them, I won't open it until mine are ready, either way is good). But if you have a question, please make sure you put "question" in the subject so I know I'm supposed to open it.
Also, if any of you have any questions, feel free to post it or pm me with it. I want to make sure you understand it, especially since this week it's completely different. Thanks again, youze guyze...and good luck.
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With 26 possible outcomes in each game, I think there are 2,704 overall possible outcomes! 
Sounds good to me.
